About Steven AitchisonMusic has the power to touch our very souls and none more so than ambient music. I have collected 10 pieces of beautiful music from my collection and found them on youtube and listed them all here. I hope you enjoy these pieces, they really do have the power to transport you to another world.
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10 Beautiful pieces of ambient music
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| Brian Eno – An ending Ascent
This is one of my favourite pieces. I first heard it driving from Edinburgh to Glasgow on a beautiful summers night as the sun was going down, it’s simply amazing. |
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| Arvo Part – Spiegel im Spiegel
This is another beautiful piece of piano music from the Estonian composer. I remember hearing this on a dark night in 1999 looking out the window over Glasgow city centre and I was hooked. |
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| Simple Minds – Shake off the ghosts
Simple minds are not known for their intrumentals but they actually recorded quite a lot of them. This one I heard on a winters night, it was snowing and I was in my girlfriends house at the time. The lights were out, the orange lights outside showed the snow falling heavily and I was standing at the window alone. It’s a moment and a tune I will remember forever. |
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| Bach – Sheep may safely graze – performed by St. Martin-in-the-Fields
I used to be one of those people who thought classical music was boring and a bit dull. However that changed about 10 years ago and this is one of my favourite classical pieces. |
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| Harold Budd & Brian Eno - The Plateaux of Mirror First Light Two geniuses at work. This is a beautiful piano piece. I heard this over 10 years ago and appreciate more every time I listen to it. |
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| Vangelis – Hymne
I love Vangelis’ work and this is one of my favourites from them. It’s a bit 80′s but it is still a beautiful piece. |
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| Pachelbel – Canon in D
When I was married a few years ago we had a harpist playing this in the background and it was beautiful. One of my all time favourites even though it might be a bit cliched to classical music lovers. |
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| Brian Eno – Silver Morning
There is something indescribable about this piece. It gets hold of you and transports you into another world, amazing. |
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| Full Sail by Ryan Farish:
I heard this last year and think it is just a beautiful piece of music. It’s upbeat but ambient. |
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| Diatonis – Aurora
I discovered this on youtube a few months back and fell in love with it. |
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thank you for the list, this is great. Brian Eno is amazing
Thanks Dragos, He’s one of the best ambient musicians out there.
Hey Steve,
Great list and will definitely be checking out those tunes on youtube…great post!
Thanks for the list – especially for introducing me to Diatonis. (Part and Vangelis came up as unavailable though…perhaps it’s my connection?) The ones I listened to were really beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Arvo Part – Spiegel im Spiegel is my favorite. So great !
Brian Eno is the king of movie soundtracks…love the last scene in “traffic”
Really i praise your ideas,you done a great job,all the best for future…
This is my first exposure to most of these artists. Beautiful, thanks for sharing.
no problem jonathan glad you enjoyed the music.
Music is very powerful, have to admit myself love the dream like world of trance music.
The mind is the most powerful organ, stimulate it and you may be amazed.
This is one hell of a list! Great post Steven! Tweeting it right now!
Music is something that is enjoyed by anyone and everyone; and ambient music that relaxes you is something that is liked by all. Even a rock music star doesn’t think such music in the background as a disturbance, but sure will enjoy it!
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I was surprised to see Simple Minds in the list but don’t dispute that this piece deserves to be listed. All in all a good list and nice to have the music there on the page to take a listen.
What could be better than some great chill out music to clear ones mind whilst sat upon an amazing beach watching the sun go down.
If only life was that simple !
Music is a great mood changer, use it to best effect.
Whata great list music you have..that can make us go to alpha planet soon..Tx for the list
What a great list of music. I loved all of it. Thanks for taking the time do put together and post.
FC Kahuna’s Hailing? I wonder why still I can’t find the “full version” lyrics of this song. Gotta love Frankie’s voice.
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Such a wonderful list of ambient music! I am glad you like Pachelbel as well.
I favorite Brian Eno. I totally agree with the above list.
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great post, i love ambient music when i am trying to sleep. bookmarked!
an absolutely lovely site; is there a way to play some of the videos continuously?
I love Arvo Part. I thought I was the only one who ever listened to him! Glad he made your list. His “Sanctuary” CD is wonderful…very haunting and mesmerizing. Often I listen to Vangelis’ CD “El Greco” on cool fall days as I sit on the deck and think. It is lovely.
Someone mentioned music to fall asleep to. I have fallen asleep to the CD “Numinous” by pianist George Skaroulis for the last 13 years. Same CD…plays every night. George is an amazing artist. He does not read music; he just sits down and composes. His melodies are lovely and ethereal.
Check him out at http://www.georgeskaroulis.com. My favorites are “Sanctuary,” “Reunion,” “Numinous,” and “Athena.”
I love this music list!..Vangelis rememberred me lot of things. Thanks Steve
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thanks so much for sharing this! I immensely enjoy listening.
God bless you!
Thanks for the intoduction to “Brian Eno – An ending Ascent”. I agree that it is awesome, and I can see it being perfect on a beautiful summers night as the sun goes, but not while driving … its way too peaceful and relaxing. I think it would be great to listen to it while just sitting on the porch with the sounds of mother Earth in the background
thank you ever so much for this list. i put this in my favorites so if i want to listen to anyone of them i just click on it. great post for the soul. blessings, LL
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Thanks so much – will be exploring some of the names that are unfamiliar.
Have you ever heard of the Album Leaf? Great ambient stuff and wonderful to write to. The song “Micro Melodies” is one of the happiest songs you’ll ever hear that still falls into this category.
Cheers!
Nice songs, thank you for sharing… I recommend everyone the following cd:
Jónsi & Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
100% beautiful ambient music, made by the vocalist of Sigur Rós and another guy whose name I forgot
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Some great tunes here.
Check out Venus and Mars bby Jo Breezer (Kinobe Remix) and Hear You Now by DJ Hooligan (Grand Chillas remix). Both on youtube. Awesome chillaxing songs with haunting melodies
Thank you for the list…
Thanks for this. Made a playlist of the tracks (excluding Aurora which I couldn’t find) on Grooveshark:
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlist/Ambient+1/50994308?src=5
thanks for this post. i just made a playlist of most of these on grooveshark.com and now i am rocking out…now…mellowing out..in the zone…while i work on a proposal for a new website for a yoga studio.
peace of mind is my state of mind.
great Music! And great post! All music indeed “transported me into another world”. They’re definitely going to be in my playlist